Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Wincanton Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
No

Other (please specify):___________________________
No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
State Street Nominees Limited
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited
Roy Nominees
Vidacos Nominees Ltd

5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
13  October 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:
17  October 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above the threshold of 14%

   

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares
If possible use ISIN code
Situation previous to the triggering transaction Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares Number of voting rights Number of shares Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect
GB0030329360 16,722,565 16,722,565 0 0 17,349,979 0.000% 14.020%

   

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument Expiration date Exercise/ conversion period No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted. Percentage of voting rights

   

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument Exercise Price Expiration date Exercise / conversion period No. of voting rights instrument refers to Percentage of voting rights
Nominal Delta

   

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
17,349,979 14.020%

   

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (14.020%)

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited,  which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A

   

13. Additional information: The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9.
Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
14 Contact name: Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name: +44 (0) 1793 363 135

Companies

Wincanton (WIN)
UK 100

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